Light therapy offers hope for cancer survivors with chronic swelling

NCT ID NCT06837480

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests a light-based treatment (photobiomodulation) to reduce long-term swelling in the head and neck area caused by cancer therapy. It involves 150 adult survivors who have had head and neck cancer and still have swelling for at least 6 months. Participants will receive either the real light treatment or a placebo to see if it safely eases symptoms.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

head and neck cancer Head and Neck Neoplasms lymphedema

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

HEAD AND NECK CANCER LYMPHEDEMA OF THE HEAD AND NECK

Contacts and locations

Locations

University of Pennsylvania Abramson Cancer Center
RECRUITING

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
RECRUITING

Nashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States

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